Wireless Router?

I have cable internet at my house, and a computer with a wireless card. I have also bought a wireless router. However, everytime I try to install it- it never works. I have followed the directions exactly, but when it says to unplug the internet cable from the computer and plug it into the router and then plug the router and the computer together, it can never find the router. Any advice? Has anyone else experienced this?|||The most likely problem is that your computer is configured to use a static address instead of DHCP. Go to lan settings and make sure that get IP address automatically is chosen.|||Make sure you shut the power, count to 10, and turn the power back on when switching your cable connection. That may help.|||Some cable internet providers require that you register the MAC address of your computer with them. If you plug the router in, then the MAC address of the router is what the provider sees, and it doesn't let it onto the Internet. You'd have to contact them and change the MAC address registered to you to the MAC address on the router, then it should work.





Other than that, your best bet is to contact your cable internet provider and find out from the specifically what settings are necessary to plug in a wireless router and get it going. The specific settings vary by internet provider.|||my friend had almost the same porblem, wha you need to do is turn off the router and the cable modem... then connect the cable modem internet cord to the specified port on your router then turn on the cable modem then the router then if you have Windows XP home edition SP2 go to your network connections and there should be a link on the left side of the page that says set up new home or office network follow thoose instructions for setting up the wireless network and it should work... if it does not you may need a driver files for your wireless card... and if that does not work call up the router or wireless card company and see if they can help you because you could have falty wireless card or router








Good Luck